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DSEAR assessments?

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Not overly knowledgeable about DSEAR, however when would you class an assessment is required?

I have had assessments on small pant rooms that may have a single commercial gas boiler/heating services that require DSEAR assessment, Surely the explosive atmosphere/substances needs to be a risk for an assessment to be needed?
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Re: DSEAR assessments?

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When recommended by the FRA? :D

I treat them as similar to lightning risk assessments. When the fire risk assessor recognises that it's out of their league, then they ought to be recommending a further specific risk assessment by a competent individual.
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Re: DSEAR assessments?

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witsd wrote: Thu May 30, 2019 9:27 am When recommended by the FRA? :D

I treat them as similar to lightning risk assessments. When the fire risk assessor recognises that it's out of their league, then they ought to be recommending a further specific risk assessment by a competent individual.

Ha ha ha, these FRAs are recommending them, however I feel its more of a generic request rather than from a risk assess point of view, some of these plant rooms are 5m x 5m, I would expect the risk assessor to assess permanent ventilation (PV)/ shut off facility/ detector facility (gas)/PPM etc and then justify why a DSEAR is required if it does, which I very much doubt it does at all.
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